Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Papa Roach Discography: An OGR Musical Timeline

At first glance Papa Roach are instantly and understandably hateable. Actually they are at second glance also. A bunch of pasty tattooed white boys with carefully unkempt hair and just the right amount of fashionable disenfranchisement, they seem purpose built … Continue reading

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The Hateful Eight (Review)

By the time the stagecoach arrives at Minnie’s Haberdashery, an out of the way ‘do it all’ store catering to weary mostly travellers, it has braved not only a burgeoning snowstorm, but picked up a couple stranded hitchhikers, meaning it … Continue reading

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Let’s be Cops (Review)

The paper thin premise of Let’s be Cops relies on the concept of the universal moron. The pretend cops must be morons to try what they do in the first place. The crims and real cops are morons to fall … Continue reading

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Dreamcatcher (Review)

Four friends since childhood – all with super handy mental telepathy – make their annual boy’s trip to a remote cabin, where they will drink, reminisce and toast the one friend from the past who could not be there. Now … Continue reading

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Bordello of Blood (Review)

Two gents that you wouldn’t take home to meet mama fill their bellies with beer in a seedy pool hall and look to take their night further. Seedier. After a referral of convenience the boys end up at a top … Continue reading

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Everest (Review)

We humans have a tendency to try to do stuff we probably shouldn’t. We tell people they’re lunatics to even consider something and warn them that it well end badly. Then, when things do go bad, it is somehow an … Continue reading

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Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa (Review)

When a new ownership group struts into Partridge’s radio station offices announcing changes and job losses, the situation escalates when Pat (Colm Meaney) a disgruntled employee gate crashes the welcome party and takes hostages. His demands include acknowledgment and recognition, … Continue reading

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Cry Wolf (Review)

Owen is the new kid at school. He is good looking and has that adorable Harry Potter accent. The cool kids immediately embrace him though none of the cool kids actually seem to like him – or each other. You’d … Continue reading

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Black Sheep (Review)

Al is a politician. A well meaning one. Al is running for office in some state of the U.S. Al is not the problem though. Mike is. Try as he might, Mike (Chris Farley) cannot avoid trouble, the kind of … Continue reading

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The Debt (Review)

This will not be an exhaustive, blow by blow description of The Debt. That’s not because it is a lesser film. Far from it. It is because saying too much about the plot risks either giving too much away or … Continue reading

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